Government Briefs 11.16.17

Nov. 16, 2017

Star Staff

East Hampton Town

Extend Wainscott Moratorium

A yearlong moratorium on commercial development along Montauk Highway in Wainscott is likely to be extended for six months while planners hired by East Hampton Town finish a study of the hamlet. The moratorium was set to expire on Nov. 30. The town board is expected to vote on the extension at its meeting tonight in Town Hall. The extension would also need Suffolk Planning Commission approval.

Marguerite Wolffsohn, the town planning director, said on Tuesday that a final draft of the hamlet study should be completed in January. It would then go to the town board for review and be the subject of a public hearing prior to adoption.

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